Example sentences of "[det] than half [art] [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than half a million party officials were promoted during the period of 1934 – 39 . |
| 2 | Similarly , most villages today do not qualify by these standards — most are suburban or retirement centres , not more than half a dozen practise communal agriculture , and most do not even have working farms in them . |
| 3 | Locally , it is estimated that more than half the 200 Health Authorities in England and Wales designated a responsible officer , and that there was a greater volume and variety of activity than ever before : traditional courses were supplemented by a new range of imaginative options , to which more managers than ever before had access . |
| 4 | Official figures indicated that more than half the 2,900,000 electorate did not vote . |
| 5 | Ammonia loads , now less than half the 1970 level , are set to fall further too , thanks to the new £66 million sulphuric acid recovery plant , which will be up and running within the year . |
| 6 | Less than half the 25,000 job cuts planned by IBM Corp will be made in its operations in Europe , Middle East and Africa , a spokesman for IBM Europe told Reuter . |